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单词 vingt-et-un
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Definition of vingt-et-un in English:

vingt-et-un

noun ˌvãteɪˈəːnvɛ̃teœ̃ˌvaNt ā ˈœN
mass noun
  • The card game pontoon or blackjack.

    二十一点(牌戏)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my first term at prep school, I was introduced to vingt-et-un.
    • The older adults played vingt-et-un (Twenty-one) or other card games while the young danced and engaged in flirtations until the party dispersed near daybreak.
    • During the next century, French colonists brought the game of vingt-et-un across the ocean to Canada and the United States, and the game started making regular appearances in North American casinos in the early twentieth century.

Origin

French, literally 'twenty-one'.

Definition of vingt-et-un in US English:

vingt-et-un

nounˌvaNt ā ˈœN
  • The card game blackjack.

    二十一点(牌戏)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my first term at prep school, I was introduced to vingt-et-un.
    • During the next century, French colonists brought the game of vingt-et-un across the ocean to Canada and the United States, and the game started making regular appearances in North American casinos in the early twentieth century.
    • The older adults played vingt-et-un (Twenty-one) or other card games while the young danced and engaged in flirtations until the party dispersed near daybreak.

Origin

French, literally ‘twenty-one’.

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